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Sports community platform Stadium Live raises $10M to expand its digital world for Gen Z

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announced its $10 million Series A funding round to continue its mission of bringing fantasy sports to a younger generation. The Canadian startup was founded in 2020 by Kevin Kim and Paul Xu with the goal of gamifying the sports fandom and building a “digital playground” of sorts for Gen Z sports fans.

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How 2 Australian sporting brands leverage human-centric digital innovation to drive new fan experiences in and out of the arena

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Creating new revenue streams, identifying untapped audiences and better engaging fans onsite and all year-round are just some of the wins iconic Australian sporting events are chalking up thanks to human-centric digital innovation. Here, we explore two stellar examples in the Australian Grand Prix and Australian Open.

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VUZ raises $20 million to scale its immersive social app

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VUZ , a social app that allows users to stream and experience immersive realism in extended reality (XR) and metaverse digital experiences, has raised $20 million in Series B investment. The platform offers over 20,000 hours of content covering entertainment, creators, sports, and XR, VR, and AR experiences virtually anywhere in the world.

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Sharify makes it super simple to rediscover your city’s social side

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The pandemic has upended many aspects of urban life but perhaps the most visible upheaval is to citydwellers’ social lives, with curfews calling time on traditional night life across much of the Western world and social distancing putting a chilly spin on opportunities for getting together with people outside your usual circle.

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How Edge as a Service is shaping the future of fan engagement

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It’s the world’s largest cycling event, attracting 150 million TV viewers in Europe alone and 10 million fans across social media platforms. Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), The Tour de France is many things. By embracing technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT) and digital twins, A.S.O.

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Skich’s new app brings social discovery to mobile game recommendations

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Upon first launch, users simply tap on the categories of games they most enjoy — like board, adventure, card, casino, educational, strategy, word, racing, sports, casual, puzzle, and others. Social recommendations remain an area today’s app stores don’t address. It’s just a recommendation. Image Credits: Skich.

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NBA All-Star Chris Paul joins digital media startup Greenfly’s growth round

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Green and Kirschner saw how social media was driving new sources of revenue for organizations like sports teams, politics and consumer brands, but needed a way for real-time distribution of media to be easily shared. He considers Greenfly “instant access to a media gallery” that he can share on his social media accounts.

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